Photos: Ominous whipped cream art comes to London's Trafalgar Square

The latest eye-catching sight in London's Trafalgar Square is a giant swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone.

The sculpture by artist Heather Phillipson was installed atop an empty plinth in the landmark city square, famous as the location of Nelson's Column and as a public protest site.

The work, titled "The End," is interactive - visitors can live-stream the view from the drone on their mobile phones or computers.

Phillipson said the piece, whose unveiling was postponed by four months due to the coronavirus pandemic, was a "monument to hubris and impending collapse" but also symbolised the hope of renewal. | Above: Phillipson poses next to her sculpture "THE END".

Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries Justine Simons OBE, Artist Heather Phillipson and Chair of the Fourth Plinth Comissioning Group Ekow Eshun pose next to Phillipson's sculpture "THE END". The sculpture is scheduled to stay on top of the square's Fourth Plinth until spring 2022.

The plinth was erected in the square in 1841 for a never-completed equestrian statue. Since 1999 it has been occupied by a series of modern artworks.

A piece of a sculpture is seen in front of Heather Phillipson's sculpture ''THE END'' (left) after it was unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, in London, Britain, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

A new work of art entitled ‘The End by artist Heather Phillipson newly unveiled on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London, Thursday, July 30, 2020. Described as representing "exuberance and unease" and a "monument to hubris and impending collapse", The End, by British artist Heather Phillipson, will stay in place until spring 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A new work of art entitled 'The End' by British artist Heather Phillipson was unveiled on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London on July 30, 2020. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Heather Phillipson poses next to her sculpture ''THE END'', after it was unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, in London, Britain, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

Heather Phillipson's sculpture ''THE END'' is seen after it was unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, in London, Britain, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

A new work of art entitled 'The End' by British artist Heather Phillipson was unveiled on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London on July 30, 2020. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)